1. 如
  2. 坐
  3. 针
  4. 毡

如

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  1. 如 is the 67th most frequent character.
  2. 如 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 如 appears as a character in 129 words.
  4. 如 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
如 => 女, 口
Radical :
如 => 女 (woman), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
如 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ru2 - as/as if/such as

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 如 (ru2): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

如 
如何 
如果 
如此 

Medium Frequency

一如既往 
不如 
例如 
假如 
如下 
如今 
如来 (如來)
如同 
如意 
如愿 (如願)
比如 
犹如 (猶如)
万事如意 (萬事如意)

Appears In:

如 also appears in:
恕絮茹洳铷袽鴽

坐

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  1. 坐 is the 611th most frequent character.
  2. 坐 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 坐 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 坐 appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
坐 => 土, 从
Radical :
坐 => 土 (earth), 从 (N/A)
Graphical :
坐 => 一, 丨, 一, 从

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zuo4 - surname Zuo
  2. zuo4 - to sit/to take a seat/to take (a bus, airplane etc)/to bear fruit/variant of 座[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 坐 (zuo4): The component 从 is pronounced as 'zong4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

坐 

Medium Frequency

乘坐 
坐下 
坐立不安 
坐车 (坐車)

Appears In:

坐 also appears in:
座挫唑锉痤矬脞髽睉

针

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Meta:

  1. 针 is the 1114th most frequent character.
  2. 针 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 针 appears as a character in 54 words.
  4. 针 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
针 => 钅, 十
Radical :
针 => 钅 (metal/gold), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
针 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhen1 - needle/pin/injection/stitch/CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

打针 (打針)
针 (針)
针对 (針對)
针织 (針織)

Medium Frequency

一针见血 (一針見血)
分针 (分針)
别针 (別針)
扎针 (扎針)
指南针 (指南針)
指针 (指針)
方针 (方針)
时针 (時針)
秒针 (秒針)
穿针引线 (穿針引線)
缝针 (縫針)
胸针 (胸針)
见缝插针 (見縫插針)
逆时针 (逆時針)
金针 (金針)
金针菇 (金針菇)
针刺 (針刺)
针对性 (針對性)
针灸 (針灸)
针线 (針線)
针线活 (針線活)
针锋相对 (針鋒相對)
顺时针 (順時針)
预防针 (預防針)

毡

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Meta:

  1. 毡 is the 3445th most frequent character.
  2. 毡 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 毡 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 毡 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
毡 => 毛, 占
Radical :
毡 => 毛 (fur/hair), ⺊ (divination), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
毡 => ㇒, 二, 乚, 丨, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhan1 - felt (fabric)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 毡 (zhan1): The component 占 is pronounced as 'zhan4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 毡 (zhan1): The component 占 is pronounced as 'zhan1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

毛毡 (毛氈)

Medium Frequency

如坐针毡 (如坐針氈)
针毡 (針氈)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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